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Video Recording
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Posted by: shaggy1

did anyone find a way yet to activate video recording?

I saw in p2k advanced editor that vid recording is in the 0032 seem and it's turned off. If you turn it on and say write to phone, it does'nt write the changes to the phone.

Can we try manually hex edit the seem to switch it on ?

There must be a way to do this, come on guys

Posted by: shaggy1

I found this in another forum : "Hi, i am 13 years old and I have already flashed my v525 with 55R! I want to flash It back to 38R! Yesterday I tried to flash it with 58R but this firmware hasn't got a new bootloader! So what I need is a firmware that contains an old bootloader!!! Please help me!!! " and

" Sorry I posted this twice I have found a way to convert my v525 to v550 with video recording but it needs to be firstly flashed with 38R_F!!! By the way can you video record with the v3 flex??? from where can I download it??? "

I dont know what this means, but the rest of the thread is dutch.

can someone explain or check the thread out?

it is located at
http://v300.germu.de/thread.php?thr...htuser=0&page=1

Posted by: jamesdoc

I doubt it works. All of the super-modders can't get it to work.

The only person who says he has done it is a 13yr old who has posted in every Motorola forum, no matter what the language, asking how to fix his phone.

I wouldn't take the advice of someone who has killed their phone so badly they can't fix it.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Cheers
James

Posted by: LaserJim

My rule is: if a person starts a post with their age, it isn't worth listening to.

Posted by: prakash_jj

Hi Shaggy,

Can u please tell which bit in 0032 seem corresponds to this video rec function.

Help is gr8tely appreciated.

Prakash

Posted by: shaggy1

I think it was 0032 0001 but it was with p2k advanced editor or motokit

Posted by: Levent

there is no way vid. rec. other than flashing your e398 with v600 which results in losing all your java capabilities. So, it isn't worth. If you are really curious to do that, then check the previous Moto threads.

Posted by: kbiz

The firmware isn't in there so flipping a seem switch isn't going to do anything... trust me. The code that actually records video and is connected to the menu item in video-new video... isn't there without the actual flash firmware. At some point someone will get it... but everyone will know about it cuz it'll be a big deal... it can be done because there's been java apps for the triplets that can record video... but you gotta hack out the code from a flash or phone, recompile it into a new flash for triplets... this process could take months... if anyone is so motivated, which I think there are some... problem is that most of those who know how and are working on things like this don't want to, and wont, talk about it until it's done and stable so that jokers don't go jacking up their phone and taking them into their provider's for repair or replacement... if Tmobile saw 2500 triplets phones all coming in in one month with the same exact problem, all sorts of "connections" would fall off...

Video capture and Skins would rock on triplets... both are possible... both are way too much work...
we should put a pot together for the person who releases a working upgrade for the triplets!!!

Posted by: Levent

E398 is video recording capable but it's not activated by Motorola and the only way for you to activate it is to find the right seem configuration which is still unknown at the moment.

Posted by: kbiz

so if no one's found the seem switches and motorola didn't enable it's ability... how do you know it's got anything to do with seems??? How do you even know it's possible??? I think it's possible... just wondering how you came to that conclusion...

Posted by: Levent

if you read all the threads individually in last 100 pages in motorola forums you'd know how i came up with the idea.

Posted by: Levent

Here, i did a search for you;

Quote:

Originally posted by MotoX
e398 has a capability of recording. No one found the SEEM for that but with v3 flex, I witnessed the recording function has been enabled. Since all the SEEMs are in the Flex, it has to be the SEEM, but don't know which SEEM. You could always try to flex with v3 flex, but before that make sure to make a backup flex for your e398.

Also check this link ;

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...threadid=582402

Posted by: paramS7

Quote:

Originally posted by Levent
E398 is video recording capable but it's not activated by Motorola and the only way for you to activate it is to find the right seem configuration which is still unknown at the moment.

I hope they soon find a way to activate it! E398 will be here for a long time and it would be nice to have Vid Rec in it then it would become a perfect phone! If the hardwares capable then there must be way....

Posted by: kbiz

There's a way... that much I'm sure. Just like with the v600... If only we could get our hands on the memory mapping to connect the seems to the firmware. That way we could backtrack from the seems memory space to the space where the firmware is or should be. With that info, we'd be able to see where in any particular flash or flex the code and the switches are. We could create a flash pack that was just a combo of the firmware and seem switch for any function we wanted... like a video record upgrade flash or a skins upgrade flash... much like a language pack only flash. We need some insider information from some devs at motorola... there's hundreds of them!!!

Posted by: eyesonly_d

Yeah I was messing with this idea a few days ago. Bottom line is that the firmware is not in the E398 flash. Here is what I did.

I flashed to the V620 monster pack to check out the video recording feature. I made a backup of the full seem set.

By trial and error I found the offset that enables the "new video" option (ie recording video) to be at 0032_0001 Offset 70 bit 6 (I think, don't have my notes in front of me). Toggling this one bit would make this option appear and dissappear.

Next I took the the 0032 seem from a E398 and put it on the V620 flashed phone. Again I toggled the one bit and sure enough the new video option shows up again.

Finally I flashed back to the V398 (V3 Flex 95R Flash on E398 model phone). I uploaded the 0032 seem from the V620 backup and toggled the bit. No "new video" option. Next I uploaded the E398 0032 seem and toggled the bit. Again no "new video" option.

Now I don't know if the R374 flashes (for V3) include the software needed for video recording, but it doesn't really matter because an E398 will not run on a V3 flash. E398 will only work with a V3 flex with lots of modifications.

You really shouldn't get your hopes up at all about video recording. There is currently no software that can even *backup* a flash, let alone edit one. Beyond that there is NO information about the functions included in a flash and how they are layed out. Basically with a flash you are staring at millions of random numbers. Even low level assembly hacking gurus need some opcodes or hardware ports or some kind of information on how to interprete the compiled hex.

Posted by: MobileWala

Quote:

Originally posted by eyesonly_d
Yeah I was messing with this idea a few days ago. Bottom line is that the firmware is not in the E398 flash. Here is what I did........

Did you tried to enable the TFlash access via 32 seem editing ? I mean if we can use the v3 flex with lots of seem editing to make it look like v398 y not here ??
I m sure its all in the code not in the seems or it might be locked somewhere in some unknown parameter of the any of the seems......

Posted by: eyesonly_d

Yup, I enabled th TFlash bit, I even uploaded an entire E398 0032 seem. No Transflash option. The code for TFlash must be missing from the 376 flash.

The E398 seem did fix the Eventlights, and the distortion sounds (in just pressing buttons and playing sounds, didn't test a call however)

However I could not get any of the following to work no matter what I did (menu file update, seem update, etc)
USB Settings
Large Time on the Idle screen (it was stuck on small font)
Vibration
T-Flash

Posted by: MobileWala

ok i got it !! so v620 is out of question now

how about the monster pack of C975 ? it has almost all the features same as E398 + some more + card access ... anybody with a clue where to get the monster pack for it ?

Posted by: eyesonly_d

Quote:

Originally posted by MobileWala
ok i got it !! so v620 is out of question now how about the monster pack of C975 ? it has almost all the features same as E398 + some more + card access ... anybody with a clue where to get the monster pack for it ?

Actually there was another thread around here where a couple of folks flashed a C975 monster pack. After the flash there was no life from the phone. I'm not even sure if they got the E398 back working. The C975 is a 3G phone that seems to have incompatible hardware to the E398.

Sorry to be bursting your bubble over and over again.

Posted by: paramS7

yeah well Razr v3 got their vid record. raises hopes someday moto will do it for e398 too.
maybe a petition or something will get them moving.....